Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018

37 Commencement

(1) The following provisions come into force on the day this Act is passed—

(a) section 11(1) and (3);

(b) section 12;

(c) section 13;

(d) section 21;

(e) the following paragraphs of Schedule 3 (and section 25 so far as it relates to those paragraphs)—

(i) paragraph 5,

(ii) paragraph 13(a),

(iii) paragraph 14(1), (2)(a) and (3)(a), and

(iv) paragraph 21(1), (5)(a)(i) and (5)(b)(iii);

(f) section 27(15) and Schedule 5;

(g) this Part.

(2) Subsections (6) to (9) of section 19 come into force on a day appointed by order made by the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may make—

(a) transitional, transitory and saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision in section 19(6) to (9);

(b) incidental and supplementary provision, and

(c) different provision for different purposes,

and the power to make such an order is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

(4) Sections 22 and 29 to 32 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(5) The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by regulations.

(6) Regulations under subsection (5) must provide for sections 6 and 7 to come into force on the same day as section 1(1).

(7) Regulations may make transitional, transitory and saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of Part 1 or 2 except section 19(6) to (9).

(8) Regulations under subsection (5) or (7) may make—

(a) incidental and supplementary provision,

(b) different provision for different purposes, and

(c) different provision for different areas.

(9) Regulations under subsection (5) or (7) are to be made by statutory instrument by—

(a) the Secretary of State, in relation to—

(i) any provision of Part 1, other than section 14 and section 20, and

(ii) section 35;

(b) the Treasury, in relation to—

(i) sections 14 and 20, and

(ii) any provision of Part 2, other than section 35.

(10) The Treasury must obtain the consent of the Lord Chancellor before making regulations under subsection (5) or (7) in relation to section 33.